# Qantas

> Qantas Airways Limited is Australia's flag carrier and, with its low-cost subsidiary Jetstar, one half of a domestic duopoly alongside Virgin Australia. In the API landscape Qantas is a supplier, not a platform: it publishes no developer portal, no OpenAPI/Swagger/AsyncAPI/GraphQL definition and no public consumer API. Its single API is the Qantas Distribution Platform (QDP) NDC XML API — an IATA New Distribution Capability XML interface for travel agencies, GDSs and aggregators, built with Farelogix (now Accelya) — documented in prose but never as a contract, and gated behind a signed Qantas Distribution Platform Access Agreement plus IATA/ARC/TIDS/VTC accreditation.

Generated by API Evangelist (apievangelist.com) from public Qantas sources on 2026-07-28.
Qantas does not publish an llms.txt; /llms.txt returns 404 on www.qantas.com,
agencyconnect.qantas.com and api.qantas.com.

## What is and is not available

- No OpenAPI, Swagger, AsyncAPI, GraphQL SDL, Protobuf or Postman collection is published by Qantas.
- No NDC schema version, endpoint host, message catalogue or specification is published.
- No SDK, CLI, sandbox, status page or public roadmap exists.
- Access is bilateral: a technology partner signs a Qantas Distribution Platform Access Agreement (subject to Qantas technical and commercial approval) to reach a test environment; an agency holds IATA, ARC, TIDS or VTC accreditation and either nominates a Certified Technology Partner or applies for the QDP portal.
- Do not infer endpoints, operations or schemas for Qantas. There are none published.

## APIs

- [Qantas Distribution Platform NDC XML API](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc): IATA NDC XML interface for shopping, offer and order creation, ticketing, ancillaries and post-booking servicing of Qantas (QF) content. No public endpoint.

## Docs

- [What is Qantas NDC](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/what-is-ndc): platform overview and the channel access requirement.
- [Benefits of Qantas NDC](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/benefits): capability narrative — dynamic commissions, PGTTL, interline, ancillaries with instant EMD issuance.
- [Qantas NDC glossary](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/help-support/glossary): shopping qualifiers, pricing modes, fees and surcharges, servicing terms.
- [QDP portal language reference guide](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/language-reference-guide): industry term definitions (ARC, BSP, ADM, APIS, AVS, ABN, booking class, ISO 3166-1 country codes).
- [QDP portal knowledge centre](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/knowledge-centre): profile management, shopping and booking, ancillaries, servicing, TIDS/consolidator, reporting.
- [What is the QDP portal](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/what-is-qdpp): the Accelya NDC SPRK web UI alternative for agencies without a technology partner.
- [Help and support](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/help-support): known issues, future developments, capability listing, contact form.
- [Qantas NDC help centre](https://help.qantas.com/agencyconnect/s/topic/0TOMo000000MuMvOAK/qantas-ndc): FAQ knowledge base for NDC pricing, fees, ticketing and commission.

## Policies and contract terms

- [NDC Shopping Policy](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/policies/agent-information/ndc-shopping-policy): fair use — maximum acceptable Look-to-Book ratio 2500:1, with offer limitation, request throttling and access restriction as remedies.
- [Distribution Surcharge Policy](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/policies/fares-and-ticketing/distribution-surcharge-policy): per-segment YR fee by booking channel.
- [NDC Booking Time Limits](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/policies/fares-and-ticketing/ndc-booking-time-limits): Ticketing Time Limit (TTL) and Price Guarantee Ticketing Time Limit (PGTTL) semantics.
- [Standard Agency Terms and Conditions](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/standard-agency-terms-conditions): effective 1 July 2025; 30 days' notice of amendment; accreditation requirements; ticketing authority at Qantas' sole discretion.
- [QDP portal terms and conditions](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/terms-conditions)
- [Privacy and security](https://www.qantas.com/en-au/help/policies/privacy-and-security): Qantas Privacy Policy, updated 1 May 2026.

## Access

- [Premium NDC](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/premium): widest content, zero surcharge; invitation only or Expression of Interest behind login.
- [Certified Technology Partners](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/approved-technology-partners): 13 partners — Aaron Group, Aeronology, AirGateway, Amadeus, Clarity TTS, Duffel, Mystifly, Sabre, TPConnects, Travelfusion, Travelport, TravelSky, Verteil.
- [Register for the QDP portal](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/register): IATA/TIDS/ARC prerequisite; review up to 7 business days.
- [Technology Partner Support Helpdesk](https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/policies/agent-information/technology-partner-support-helpdesk): per-partner support contacts.

## API Evangelist artifacts

- [apis.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/apis.yml): the APIs.json index for this provider.
- [conventions/qantas-conventions.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/conventions/qantas-conventions.yml): the published semantic contract — qualifiers, TTL/PGTTL, identifiers, what is absent.
- [conformance/qantas-conformance.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/conformance/qantas-conformance.yml): standards asserted and refuted, with probe evidence.
- [rate-limits/qantas-rate-limits.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/qantas-rate-limits.yml): the 2500:1 Look-to-Book fair-use limit.
- [plans/qantas-plans.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/plans/qantas-plans.yml): the channel price ladder, current and announced.
- [lifecycle/qantas-lifecycle.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/qantas-lifecycle.yml): versioning, deprecation, status and roadmap posture.
- [changelog/qantas-changelog.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/changelog/qantas-changelog.yml): dated distribution change notices.
- [packages/qantas-packages.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/packages/qantas-packages.yml): first-party npm publications (none are API clients).
- [well-known/qantas-well-known.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/well-known/qantas-well-known.yml): the /.well-known/ probe surface.
- [security/qantas-domain-security.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/security/qantas-domain-security.yml): TLS/HSTS/DNSSEC/CAA/SPF/DMARC posture.
- [security/qantas-vulnerability-disclosure.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/security/qantas-vulnerability-disclosure.yml): Bugcrowd VDP via RFC 9116 security.txt.
- [review.yml](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/review.yml): the full switching-cost review, including every probe and its HTTP status.